Re: rtl8139 vs. 8139 too
On Sat, Dec 08, 2001 at 05:56:57PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know which of these drivers works better for people in
> kernel 2.2.x.
>
> Reason: one of them may be enabled as the default driver in the next
> woody installation system (boot floppies).
Well, on the same box, with both compiled as modules, having "alias eth0 rtl8139" in /etc/modules.conf works fine, but then changing that to 8139too crashes the box at "ifup -a" time. This is with 2.2.20 straight from uk.kernel.org.
Incidentally, if anyone's got any suggestions, please shout out - it's doing my head in!
So, at the moment, I'd vote for rtl8139. A lot of literature/lists mention its braindead behaviour, tho, so it may not be the best idea for debian as a whole - but just for me ... :)
HTH
jc
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